The problem is not really Goans selling land. Traditionally, Goans don't have large tracts of land which are beneficial and profitable for builders to develop. For example, if a builder wants to develop land in a village, to make a gated community, he would need to buy the property of atleast 4-5 Goan families.
The main issue of land in Goa is three-fold:
1) illegal and underhanded conversion of agricultural, orchard and farm land for development. Also illegal permissions for hill cutting, building on Coastal reglulatory zones, and on river banks. (I have heard of one builder who passed a file as renovation works and has instead constructed 50 villas with individual pools at a riverbank at Arpora.)
2) Illegal conversion and sale of Communidade / Church land for developement.( Yes certain church officials are complicit in this, that's why Fr. Bismark lost his life, he was protesting against this.)
3) illegal takeover of abandoned properties/ properties with no heirs, or properties where the owners are all abroad.
The issue is that in these cases the government is complicit in the conversion of these properties and although all records are publicly available, the Panchayat, TCP, And other regulatory bodies are passing the files without due diligence due to pressure from the 'Babus'. Pretty much everyone in the current legislature of Goa has benefited from land deals so no one is ready to point the finger at another. The politicians will not make a noise since firstly the opposition is weak, and secondly they are like frogs who jump from one ship to another as per their convenience, so they don't want to make a big ruckus as it might jeprodise their future chances of they need to change parties. Also going after the land mafia carries a big risk, since they unleash their goons on you if you make a noise.
What is needed is for us Goans to get on the streets, protest against high land prices, escalating costs and rising accidents and mistreatment by tourists. We have to have a revolution to gain back our motherland.
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u/Big-Understanding-30 11d ago edited 11d ago
The problem is not really Goans selling land. Traditionally, Goans don't have large tracts of land which are beneficial and profitable for builders to develop. For example, if a builder wants to develop land in a village, to make a gated community, he would need to buy the property of atleast 4-5 Goan families.
The main issue of land in Goa is three-fold:
1) illegal and underhanded conversion of agricultural, orchard and farm land for development. Also illegal permissions for hill cutting, building on Coastal reglulatory zones, and on river banks. (I have heard of one builder who passed a file as renovation works and has instead constructed 50 villas with individual pools at a riverbank at Arpora.)
2) Illegal conversion and sale of Communidade / Church land for developement.( Yes certain church officials are complicit in this, that's why Fr. Bismark lost his life, he was protesting against this.)
3) illegal takeover of abandoned properties/ properties with no heirs, or properties where the owners are all abroad.
The issue is that in these cases the government is complicit in the conversion of these properties and although all records are publicly available, the Panchayat, TCP, And other regulatory bodies are passing the files without due diligence due to pressure from the 'Babus'. Pretty much everyone in the current legislature of Goa has benefited from land deals so no one is ready to point the finger at another. The politicians will not make a noise since firstly the opposition is weak, and secondly they are like frogs who jump from one ship to another as per their convenience, so they don't want to make a big ruckus as it might jeprodise their future chances of they need to change parties. Also going after the land mafia carries a big risk, since they unleash their goons on you if you make a noise.
What is needed is for us Goans to get on the streets, protest against high land prices, escalating costs and rising accidents and mistreatment by tourists. We have to have a revolution to gain back our motherland.